episcopal see
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at an early date and was a
suffragan
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's Huns, but rebuilt, as the revival of the bishopric attests.
Residential bishops
The names of several of early ''Suffragan Bishops of Naissus'' are known:
* Cyriacus (first half of the 4th century), sympathized with the heresy
Arianism
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and opposed Marcellus of Ancyra
* Gaudentius (from before 343/344, apparently succeeding the former), till after 351, when he attended the council at Sirmium
* Bonosus (mentioned c. 380), who was deposed
* Martianus (before 409 to after 414), appointed by Pope Innocent I instead of the former
* Dalmatius (mentioned 451), allegedly signator in 458 of the letter of the bishops to Byzantine emperorLeo I the Thracian after the lynching by Coptic mobs of the Patriarch Proterius of Alexandria
* Gaianus (mentioned 516), invited to Constantinople by Byzantine Emperor
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It is listed by the Catholic Church as a Latin titular see ''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), p. 936 since the diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as Titular bishopric of Naissus (Latin) / Naisso (Curiate Italian) / Naissitan(us) (Latin adjective).
It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, ''with a few archiepiscopal exceptions'':
* William F. O’Shea,
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Grouard
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( Canada) (1945.06.15 – 1953.09.18), then (see promoted) as last Apostolic Vicar of Grouard (1953.09.18 – 1967.07.13); (see) later promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of Grouard–McLennan (Canada) (1967.07.13 – retired 1972.11.21), died 1989
* Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras (1970.11.30 – 1975.09.20) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Huehuetenango (
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) (1970.11.30 – 1975.09.20); later succeeded as Bishop of Huehuetenango (1975.09.20 – 1987.04.04), President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1986 – 1988), last Suffragan Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos (Guatemala) (1987.04.04 – 1996.02.13), (see) promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala) (1996.02.13 – retired 2007.04.19), again President of Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (1998 – 2002)
* Paul Josef Cordes (1975.10.27 – 1995.12.02 ''see below'') first as Auxiliary Bishop of
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(2008.05.08 – 2012.12.08), previously
Chargé d’affaires
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Population
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in PR China (2003.02.11 – 2008.05.08)''
* Valdir Mamede (2013.02.06 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Brasília ( Brazil), no previous prelature.
See also
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List of Catholic dioceses in Serbia
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References
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GCatholic ; Bibliography
* Pius Bonifacius Gams, ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', Leipzig 1931, p. 417
* Daniele Farlati-Jacopo Coleti, ''Illyricum Sacrum'', vol. VIII, Venice 1817, pp. 24–40
* Jacques Zeiller, ''Les origines chrétiennes dans les provinces danubiennes de l'empire romain'', Paris 1918, pp. 158–159;
* Michel Lequien, ''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus'', Paris 1740, vol. II, coll. 313-314
* Geoffrey Dunn, ''The Letter of Innocent I to Marcian of Niš'', in ''Saint Emperor Constantine and Christianity'', vol. I, Niš 2013, pp. 319–335
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